[haskell-platform] #79: Not clear how to install on ubuntu from http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/

[haskell-platform]

#79: Not clear how to install on ubuntu from
http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/
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 Reporter:  hakim.cassimally at gmail.com  |       Owner:     
     Type:  defect                      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  major                       |   Milestone:     
Component:  (none-specified)            |    Keywords:     
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 I'm assuming http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/ is the main landing page
 for the project.
 (If I'm wrong, please let me know where I should start and reject this
 ticket!)

 I'm on Ubuntu, but the ubuntu bullet under "Linux" is not linked.

 So I try Debian.  The link there is to
 http://wiki.debian.org/Haskell/Platform which looks like a project plan.
 I'm not clear how to install from there.

 I consider the source option: however the tarball notes say "Note: the
 source tarball requires that you already have ghc-6.10.3 (or 6.10.4)
 installed."  This is no good, as the Ubuntu Jaunty repos only have
 ghc-6.8...

 I believe I can (somehow - not quite clear on details) track down and
 install ghc 6.10.4 from the debian repos, after which I can then use the
 source installer to get the platform stuff.  But I thought I'd let you
 know, as this experience so far isn't "batteries included" ;-)

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